Chapter 13 Lin Song
Lin Song and Mrs. Lin do not live together, Lin Song occasionally has some social entertainment in the officialdom, and Mrs. Lin likes to be quiet, so she has a separate Ning Tingyuan next to Lin Song's Jingsi Pavilion to live.
Song Zhi said that today was agreed with his grandfather first, so Lin and Song Ling must come to see Lin Song first. Although the Lin family had concerns, they still couldn't stand their daughter's coquettishness, and the family of three waited in the hall of Jingsi Pavilion.
"Grandfather." As soon as Lin Song stepped into the door, he heard Song Zhi call him softly. Although he still had a tense face, he still reached out and touched the top of Song Zhi's hair.
Although Lin Song's hair is gray, even his eyebrows and beard are half white, but he is in good spirits, his body is tough, and although his eyes are squeezed by the loose skin and flesh, there is no room for them, but they imply a fine light, which makes people dare not underestimate them.
Like an old but still reigning lion king inspecting the territory, he glanced around the house, and when his eyes touched Song Ling and his wife, he coldly moved away.
"Daddy." The Lin family hadn't seen Lin Song for a long time, and his expression was quite cramped.
"Father-in-law." Song Ling's posture is much more natural, but his voice is cold and hard, and there is no human touch at all.
Lin Song thought it was just that Song Zhi wanted to come and have a meal with his wife, but he didn't expect the two of them to come too, so he just 'hummed' and said hello.
"Grandfather." Song Zhi hid the medicine bag behind him and walked up to Lin Song like a duckling. "Childish, I have something for you."
"Oh? What is it? "Lin Song is a very human minister, if you put in those who want to give him gifts, I am afraid that the threshold will be broken. However, he is such a granddaughter, she said that she wanted to give herself a gift, and Lin Song was really a little interested.
Song Zhi handed the medicine sachet to Lin Song a little shyly, "I heard from my mother that you are busy with official business, and you can't read all the official documents every day, and your eyes are sour." The child sewed the honeysuckle leaves and cassia seeds into a medicine bag, and his grandfather put it on the side of the bookcase, sniffing it from time to time, which was good for the eyes. ”
The corners of Lin Song's mouth twitched, as if a laugh was about to run out, but he still coughed lightly, stifled the smile, and said in a rough voice: "How can your mother know about me." ”
When Lin heard this, his face turned red, and he quickly got up and said, "My daughter knows that she is not filial, but her daughter still cares about her father. ”
Lin Song didn't say a word, Song Zhi knew that Lin Song had always been a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted person, so he was busy striking while the iron was hot, "Daddy also brought you a gift." ”
Lin Song snorted lightly when he heard this, and pretended to be surprised, "Oh? 'Sighed. The expression on his face at this moment was as if he had heard something very appalling and strange.
Song Ling didn't like Lin Song's temperament very much, and he was unhappy, but he didn't say anything.
It's just that his face was a little unhappy, and he was glared at by his little daughter. It's like you're about to pet a kitten, but it's slapped with its paws.
Song Ling had no choice but to take out the gift he had prepared, walked up to Lin Song, and said respectfully: "Father, this is a dagger forged from the unique black gold steel of the Western Realm, thin and tough, it can kill with a single knife, and the wound is deep and thin, and it will never be splashed with blood." ”
Song Ling is a weapon fan, as soon as he talks about this, he talks endlessly, Song Zhi saw that the more he said, the more outrageous it became, so he tugged at the hem of his robe, Song Ling stopped talking, only then did he feel a little inappropriate, and explained again.
"This dagger is just for fun, not for my father-in-law to see blood."
It's better not to explain! Song Zhi wailed in his heart, raised his eyes to look at Lin Song's expression, and saw that the expression on his face was quite peaceful, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Song stretched out his hand full of yellow-brown spots and took the dagger, resting it in his palm to look at it for a moment. As Song Ling said, this dagger was extremely thin, like a silver fish, and glowed with a terrifying cold light.
Lin Song suddenly picked up the dagger and waved it towards the Huanghuali five-legged inward roll coffee table on the side. The two legs of the coffee table broke at once, and the pastries, tea, cups, plates, and bowls on the table fell to the ground.
When the second housekeeper of the Lin Mansion heard this loud noise, he looked at the door for a moment, and then retreated.
Lin was taken aback by Lin Song's sudden move, but Song Zhi was still very calm, and he picked up the broken coffee table leg and said to Lin Song, "Grandfather, how good this dagger is, you look at the section, there is no burr at all." ”
Lin Song glanced at the legs of the coffee table, looked at Song Zhi again, and actually smiled. When he smiled, his face became shorter, less serious and old-fashioned, and half of his face was covered by a gray beard, but it showed a little kindness.
"Okay." Lin Songlang said loudly, I don't know if it's a dagger or Song Zhi.
"You and your mother should go to Ningting Courtyard first." Lin Song touched Song Zhi's cheek again, although his palm was not soft, it was very warm. Then he glanced at Song Ling again, and his tone was not so good, "You come with me." ”
After saying that, he walked towards the inner room, without waiting for Song Ling's reaction.
Song Ling raised his legs and wanted to keep up, but Song Zhi grabbed the hem again.
"Daddy, do you remember the three chapters of the covenant before we came?" Song Zhi crossed his waist and made a look like he wanted to test Song Ling.
"Bear with him, let him, respect him." Song Ling said helplessly, looking at Song Zhixi's smiling face, he sighed in his heart, and silently recited again, 'Bear with him, let him, respect him.' Only then did he go to Lin Song's inner room.
"Mother, let's go." Song Zhi took Lin's hand and walked towards Ning Tingyuan.
"Why does the child care so much about her relationship with her grandfather?" Lin recalled Song Zhi's behavior in the past few days, she first asked Lin about Lin Song's recent situation, but in fact, Lin didn't know, so she urged Lin to let her communicate more with Xiao Chen.
Then, when Emperor Shun'an gave the imperial doctor to Song Ling to ask for a safe pulse, he consulted a number of gentle prescriptions for treating eye diseases, and embroidered the medicine bag in the small courtyard for several days.
"Daddy has been in the West for a long time, and the child misses it very much, and often dreams in dreams. My mother is in Lexiangzhai, but a few days ago I was infected with a cold, and the child was only three days away, and I missed it very much. Song Zhi held Lin's hand and said seriously: "But my mother and grandfather can see each other from time to time, but they are angry because of a little old thing. Song Zhi didn't understand the reason, but he didn't want to see this scene. Zhi'er doesn't just care about her relationship with her grandfather, she hopes that her mother and her father will have a good relationship with her grandfather. ”
In the previous life, Lin Song until his death, the relationship with the Lin family was still in a very cold and hard state, and after Lin Song's death, the Lin family regretted it, felt deeply unfilial, and was sick for half a year.
Song Zhi wore a gardenia yellow skirt today, embroidered with butterflies of all colors, and her head was full of green silk pulled into a bun, leaving two strands of fingers around her shoulders softly and loosely, lining her cheeks getting smaller and smaller, looking delicate and cute.
Such a small person is worried about his own affairs all day long, and Lin's heart is half moved, half sour. She turned her head to wipe a little tear from the corner of her eyes, and then leaned down and said to Song Zhi: "Let's go and say hello to my grandmother, and go see what dishes have been prepared for our child." ”
"Stir-fried chicken zhen, shrimp roe whitebait soup, fish fillet, winter bamboo shoots marinated broth, chicken soup Sixi balls." Hearing Luo's mother report the name of the dish to Song Zhi, Song Zhi's saliva was about to flow out, and she licked her cherry pink lips.
"And a small plate of pickles." Luo's mother smiled and said, "This, the girl doesn't like to eat, right?" Song Zhi didn't like to eat Lin Mansion's pickles, and she was sour, but she knew that it was for Lin Song.
"Look at people, even if you have something to talk about, you shouldn't miss a meal." It was already a quarter of an hour, and it had been two quarters of an hour since the time for lunch in the Lin Mansion.
"Mother, my father and husband finally have something to say, so let them talk a little more." Lin drank tea, but he didn't feel hungry.
"I'm so young, how can I be so hungry." Although Mrs. Lin also felt that this was a good time for the two of them to ease their relationship, she felt sorry for the young child.
"It's okay grandmother," Song Zhi was indeed a little hungry, "Sister Reunion, go to the small kitchen and find me some pastries to pad first." ”
"The girl is too polite, just let the slave and maid reunite." Reunion is the big girl next to Mrs. Lin, and she has a lot of face.
However, as soon as the reunion went out, he turned back and said with a smile: "Xiangye and the general will come when they say they will come, and the slave will go to serve the food first." ”
As soon as Lin Song and Song Ling came in, the whole room looked at the looks on their faces, which made the two of them twist apart, until Lin Song coughed, and everyone woke up and looked away.
The dishes had been prepared a long time ago, and after a while, they came like water, Lin Song sat on the top, and everyone waited for him to move the chopsticks first.
Lin Song picked up the chopsticks and picked up a ball, but it was delivered to Song Zhi's front of the small white porcelain plate of flowers and rich entwined branches. Old Madam Lin glanced at him quite strangely.
"Thank you, grandfather." Song Zhi was not polite, thanked him and put the balls in his mouth, and as soon as he bit into it, the fragrant chicken soup flowed out.
The Lin Mansion has always been particular about food and does not say anything, and the five of them eat quietly together around the mahogany carved grape pattern inlaid marble round dining table.
After all, Lin Song and Mrs. Lin are old, have a poor appetite, and don't eat much. Song Ling was born in the army, and he is the least particular about what he eats, and the one he eats is called a taste. Lin Song looked at his feast, picked up his chopsticks again, and ate all the pickles and fish fillets.
Mrs. Lin couldn't stop it, she glanced at the reunion, and the reunion knew what she meant, and turned around and went to the small kitchen to prepare a pot of hawthorn tea.
It is not advisable to drink tea immediately after a meal. However, Lin Song opened the teacup and took a look, then took a sip quietly, and said to the Lin family: "The emperor gave you the order of Mrs. Yipin, when will you go to thank you?" "Song Ling returned to Beijing this time, and he was not the only one who was rewarded, but Emperor Shun'an also sealed the Lin family.
"It's been set for three days, and it's an auspicious day." Lin has been in and out of the palace a lot since he was a child, but he is not panicked.
"Take the child, too." Lin Song put down the teacup and said softly, "See the world." ”